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International Journal of Practical Nursing

Volume  9, Issue 1, January – April 2021, Pages 27-32
 

Original Article

Assessment of the Knowledge Regarding Palliative Care among Staff Nurses Working in Selected Hospitals and to Disseminate an Information Booklet

Singh Namralata R, 2David Pascaline J, 3Sukare Lata V

1Lecturer, 2Associate Professor cum HOD Research Department, 3Professor and HOD Medical Surgical Nursing Department, VSPM Madhuribai Deshmukh Institute of Nursing Education, Digdoh hills, Hingna road, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440019, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijpn.2347.7083.9121.4

Abstract

Background: Palliative care as "an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual. "Terminal illness or endstage disease is an incurable disease that cannot be adequately treated and is reasonably expected to result in the death of the patient. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as cancer or advanced heart disease than for trauma. In popular use, it indicates a disease that will progress until death with near absolute certainty, regardless of treatment. Any child or adult who has a serious or life-threatening illness, such as cancer, heart failure, or neurological or other disorders, may benefit from palliative care. It can be started at any time, no matter your illness or stage of disease. Objectives: To assess the knowledge regarding Palliative Care among staff nurses working in selected hospitals of the city and to disseminate an information booklet. To assess the knowledge regarding Palliative Care among staff nurses. To associate the pre test knowledge score with selected demographic variable. To disseminate an information booklet regarding Palliative Care among staff nurses. Methodology: A Non experimental study with descriptive research design is used among 100 staff nurses working in selected hospitals of the city and are available at the time of data collection. The non probability convenient sampling technique was used. Data was collected on Knowledge regarding palliative care among staff nurses was assessed by administering the questionnaire regarding palliative care .Information booklet was given on the same day after the pre-test. The collected data was coded, tabulated and analyzed by using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Result: Study shows that 70% of the staff nurses had good level of knowledge score. 28% of the staff nurses had average level of knowledge score, 2% of the staff nurses had very good level of knowledge score. Conclusion: Thus it was concluded that assessment of knowledge regarding palliative care among staff nurses working in selected hospitals of the city was good. Staff nurses was having good knowledge in area of symptoms management and role of a nurse in palliative care. But overall nurses may have need to attend more training programme on palliative care to improve quality of nursing care. Keywords: Palliative Care; Staff Nurses; Information Booklet; Knowledge Terminal Illness.


Corresponding Author : Singh Namralata R,